Boeing today celebrated the opening of a new 787 vertical-fin assembly line at its production facility in Salt Lake City. Operated by Boeing Fabrication, the site will construct the composite, vertical-fin assemblies for 787 Dreamliners built at Boeing’s new plant in Charleston, S.C. The company expects to start production in Charleston next month.
Utah governor Gary R. Herbert symbolically pushed a large button to bring electric power to the assembly line at today’s event, attended by elected officials, community and business groups, suppliers, subcontractors and Boeing employees. Boeing designed and built the new line using lean-manufacturing techniques, reducing required floor space and increasing production capacity without the need to add new “brick and mortar” facilities. The 35,000-sq-ft assembly line will help improve the efficiency of the final assembly and delivery process at the 787 facility in South Carolina, according to Boeing.
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